Maine's Technology: Refocusing on Learning (Vigorously!)

Category: Teacher Skills

It’s easy to find stories and reports in the media frustrated with technology in schools, promoting caution, or even advocating for banning tech. But to what extent to these look at how the technology was being used, consider desired learning experiences for students, or the support offered teachers? … More Ed Tech Research is Clear: Owning a Device Does Not Improve Learning

As we think about our teachers becoming highly skilled at using technology in the classroom, we could certainly generate a very long list of skills, approaches, tools, apps, strategies, and other competences we’d like them to get good at. But there are certain behaviors/professional learning that MLTI would like to promote and encourage because they … More 12 Professional Learning Curriculum Buckets for Teaching and Learning with Tech

Audrey Armitage at EdWeek draws a comparison between an episode of the Simpsons where the elementary school disastrously implements educational technology and Education Week’s recent Technology Counts 2015 report. Not surprisingly, the fictional school’s ed-tech effort fails spectacularly and comedically. A massive power surge destroys the new devices and leaves Springfield’s educators at a loss … More What Can the “Simpsons” Teach Us about Educational Technology?

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About the More Verbs Blog

Maine's Technology: Returning to a Focus on Learning (Vigorously!)

Named in honor of Marc Prensky’s Verbs and Nouns work, the More Verbs Fewer Nouns blog supports educators exploring powerful learning through technology, and shifting the conversation from tools and devices to what we would like students to be able to do with them.

The More Verbs Fewer Nouns blog is a project of the friends of learning through technology in Maine. Although the More Verbs, Fewer Nouns blog is not a project of Department of Education and does not reflect the opinions of the MDOE, its posts strive to be aligned to the work of the Maine Learning Through Technology Team.